Salt Lake Herald | 1900-03-13 | Page 8 | Chief Hilton Makes Reply

CIEF Ht SAYS SATS HE H ADVOCATE LYNCH LAW LW First Firt Interview Was Used Use Without His Consent Co ent But He Wanted to Stand By It ItI J I have b ve but this much to say sa said Chief Hilton when asked last night ight if It he desired to make any answer a sw r to his critics on his stand In the Benbrook case case il am not advocating lynch law lawas la laas lawas as some have been bold enough to de Se declare clare dare That Is an absurd proposition and I do not believe anybody with com corn common common cornmon mon sense construes my statement to mean that Every man has a right to his opinion opinion opinion ion I claim that right for myself but butas as to the public expression of It I have this to say It was first printed without my consent In the Deseret News After It came out in that paper p pEer and representatives of other papers came to me I did not feel disposed to turn them down I repeated what had already been published